“That boy is bewitched!” My mom said. “I don’t care if he is from Mars or Compton, he is not staying here no longer!”

That church incident had definitely turned Oskar into the Big Suspicion of the Town.

“But Mom, those statutes did not really move. I think the music had a odd effect on the congregation. You know. Like group hypnosis.”

“I don’t care if it was group hypnosis, or Voo-Doo, or ...